Tim Disney's Joshua Tree prefab

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Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

The low-slung prefab house built for Tim Disney by Blu Homes sits in the otherworldly landscape of Joshua Tree. The indoor-outdoor design, pictured here from the rear, includes generous shaded decks and a detached guest house, out of view here. Its prefab modules were built in less than eight...

The low-slung prefab house built for Tim Disney by Blu Homes sits in the otherworldly landscape of Joshua Tree. The indoor-outdoor design, pictured here from the rear, includes generous shaded decks and a detached guest house, out of view here. Its prefab modules were built in less than eight... (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Light streams through the glass front door, with the kitchen and dining area off in the distance and one of three bedrooms in the main house in the foreground. Glass doors open onto the rear deck.

Light streams through the glass front door, with the kitchen and dining area off in the distance and one of three bedrooms in the main house in the foreground. Glass doors open onto the rear deck. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

The kitchen also was installed in the factory and transported to Joshua tree largely as you see it here, with cabinets and appliances already in place. In this particular unit, the counters are Caesarstone. The floor is radiant-heat bamboo.

The kitchen also was installed in the factory and transported to Joshua tree largely as you see it here, with cabinets and appliances already in place. In this particular unit, the counters are Caesarstone. The floor is radiant-heat bamboo. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Blu Homes tries to spread the prefab gospel with its first Southern California house, a weekend retreat in Joshua Tree for Tim Disney – filmmaker, great nephew of Walt and prefab believer.By Craig Nakano, Los Angeles Times